This document discusses the global challenges of water scarcity and access to clean drinking water. It outlines how the proliferation of internet-connected devices and sensors, combined with big data analytics, can help address these issues through applications like smart water grids. These technologies can help optimize water management, detect leaks, issue flood warnings, and improve water quality monitoring. The document argues that applying the accelerating pace of innovation seen in computing technology, following Moore's Law, could help transform how we approach pressing water problems over the next few decades.

1. Connected Everything –The next era for computing
Water: The Greatest Global Challenge
David Boundy
27thNovember 2014

2. INTEL CONFIDENTIAL 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3LH_2ur2LE&list=PL38BB9FEF7F348435

3. Bad Situation –Hopeful Developments
783M (11%) World’s Population lives without clean drinking water
Every 20 seconds a child dies from drinking dirty water
More than ½ world’s population depend upon sharing water resources
US “breadbasket” may be unable to irrigate crops within 30 years
Viability of biofuels in question
Meeting MDG for water
Fracking’s silver lining –investment in water treatment technology
Acceleration of IoTand Big Data
Smart Cities enable scale solutions
Business water stewardship
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”
Benjamin Franklin

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IOT –What is it?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects accessed through the Internet. These objects contain embedded technology to interact with internal states or the external environment

5. Source: Gartner (August 2014)
Internet of Things

6. The Proliferation of Connected Devices
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7. Predictable Silicon Track RecordExecuting toMOORE’s LAWEnabling new devices with higher functionality and complexity while controlling power, cost, and size
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8. Why our industry is differentWhat If You Applied Moore’s LawTo The Auto Industry… 2012–324,000 MPH1971–81 MPH2012 –130,000 MPG1971–26 MPG2012–$0.051971 –$2,500.00Speed IncreaseEnergy EfficiencyCost
Source: Volkswagen 1971 Super Beetle Brochure

9. Applications of Moore’s Law
Enhance scientific understanding, drive innovation, and accelerate transformation
Create new business models and improve processes
Increase public safety and improve efficiency with intelligence
Water Scarcity, Water Security, Water Quality, Water Management, ….
Applying Moore’s Law

10. Internet of Things x Big Data = Unprecedented Value
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11. Internet of Things x Big Data = Unprecedented Value
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12. Source: University of Oregon

13. Could more data have mitigated the flooding of Ireland’s second city in 2009?
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14. Municipal Water
Smart Water Grids
Empowering Consumers
Reducing non-revenue water
Leak detection
Optimized instrumentation
Analytics-Based Asset Management
preventive maintenance
quality of service & product
optimized pricing/costs
Coping with Storms
Flood warning, analytics

15. Summary
There are big problems to be solved
water scarcity, security, quality, optimization
How can we transform at 324,000MPH?

16. Thank you

17. Intel’s IOT Platform
Ambient Sensors & Actuators
Intel SOC’s & Hardware Platforms
Wind River Linux
Data persistence & Sensor fusion
Multimodal Communication
M2M Provisioning / Manageability
Domain specific data
Intel Cloud & City Services
Participatory
Sensors
Mobile Sensing Fixed Sensors
Security, Privacy & Trust
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System & Device
Manageability
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Data fusion
Acquisition
Analytics
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18. Intel’s Definition:
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